Robert Coles was a Harvard professor who wrote a number of best selling books in the 1980’s and ’90’s on the moral development of children that shocked the educational establishment. In an article appearing in Christianity Today (Feb. 6, 1987) he made a number of observations that powerfully underscored my 50 year obsession with older … More Why I Read Old Books
Below are two endorsements to my new book, (Link below) Close Reading: Plans and Projects for Multiple Readings of Holy Scripture Every writer hopes their books will find an audience, but that isn’t why writers write. We write because we can’t live without writing. We write because writing helps us learn. We write because writing … More New Book Out Today
Who is God according to Nahum? I love reading the Bible with questions. Today I had some time sitting in Panera by myself because an appointment had to cancel due to a family health emergency. So I pulled out my Bible and started reading Nahum with one question: What does Nahum tell about God? Here’s … More The Knower of Those Who are His
Preparing to Study the Word of God: Get the Big Picture Forest and Trees. Both are beautiful and mysterious. I walk through a forest and can view the conglomerated beauty of all the trees, rocks and fauna, ………..the moss, the dear trails,………..the ponds and marshes, ………..the streams and creeks and rivers, ………..the ravines and hills … More Plans and Projects for Multiple Readings of the Gospel of John
My bride went to the bank today and had to give a code-word to the bank, for a special transaction, to insure that when she calls, they will know it is actually her. She gave a Bible verse as the code, a particular reference to a psalm, something like “Psalm 3:3.” The woman, kind and … More Biblical Illiteracy is a Deepening Problem
He was born of “peasant stock” in an area know today as the Czech Republic, but he grew up to be a scholar and professor. Eventually he became the president of the University of Prague. Respected, scholarly and diligent, he translated the Latin text of the New Testament into Czech and began to read and … More The Treasure of the English Bible
Your Bible is Worthless . . . If You Do Not Read It! Here are some of the scandalous facts about America Christians. I am going to quote some statistics that are 14 years old. Normally, that would be unreliable data. But in this case I don’t know of a researcher alive who would say … More The Scandal at the Center of Christian Failure
Men who are committed to expositing the word of God have a duty to study the whole of Scripture. Maybe one of the most relevant books of the Bible for our time and our nation is the book of Jeremiah. He is sometimes called the “weeping prophet” because of the agony he experiences over his … More Plans and Projects for Reading Jeremiah
A biographical story of what happens when people actually READ the New Testament He was a prominent rabbi teaching at a school when he noticed a friend reading a book in German. “What are you reading,” he asked. When the book was passed to him, he leafed casually through the pages until his gaze fell … More The Jewishness of Jesus
This: “A familiar figure on the streets is the window-shopper who moves along gazing fondly in each show-window but buying nothing. In the realm of things spiritual we have with us the Bible window-shopper. He moves along through the Book reading its precious promises, hearing its high challenges, looking at its deep messages of peace … More Bible Window-Shoppers
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